Originally Posted by
Dahon.Steve
The OP is concerned about Google and their driverless car. It's a gimmick they use to get the brand in the newspaper and helps keep the stock up. Folks, we are a hundred years or more away from the driverless car society.
I believe Google is a lot closer to this than you could imagine. But what strikes me as ironic is that Google pours so much brainpower into a transportation concept (basically cages...) that reinforces a rather stale mentality of keeping ourselves separate from those around us. Sad too because an independent observer would note that the driverless car is a rather convoluted take on a streetcar or bus. All you need to do is hook up those driverless cars bumper-to-bumper. Forget the artificial intelligence!